Photographs of Tallapoosa circa 1900

There exist a limited number of photographs of Tallapoosa from its hey-day
circa 1900. This page attempts to provide an index of such records.

Historic photos of Tallapoosa are collected in the wonderful book,
To Be Continued... A Pictorial History of Tallapoosa, Georgia (1999)
Available only from the
Tallapoosa Historical Society
for $20 plus postage.

The Smithsonian Insituttion in Washington DC holds a collection of 14 photos detailed
here.
It is described as follows:

Scope and Content: 14 photographs taken in the town
of Tallapoosa, Georgia, ca. 1880, each stamped with the
photographer's name. Subjects are homes and businesses,
including the Tallapoosa Land, Mining & Manufacturing Co.,
the Lithia Springs hotel site, a railroad bridge and the
Tallapoosa River, a meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society
at the Episcopal Mission, the Tallapoosa Glass Works,
residences, etc; also a burro and wagon with two men in
front of H. H. French's photographic studio.

Provenance: Donated to the Division of Domestic Life by
Mrs. Franklin Chace, Deed of Gift signed Oct. 26, 1974

A disappointing promise

A tantalizing posting
here
failed to keep its promise. None of the people we reached who attempted to take
advantage of the solicitation ever received any response. The original notice, dated
April 13, 2004 at 08:06:38, read in part:

Tallapoosa, Haralson Co., Ga
Pictures of Bussiness and residences

I have a[c]quired a packet of pictures from a development
Co. in the 1880 timeframe. included in this packet there
are 36 pictures of building sites, Residences, and People.
I will list the names that appear on the pictures. If anyone
would like copies of these pictures i will scan them and
send them to you. The pictures are not the best quality
but i will do my best to enhance them if you would like...